The third installment in my series on how mobility and the Internet are up-ending traditional commercial models focuses on journalism. (see earlier posts on Online Education and Mobile Banking) Here, we track affordable mobile telephony that informs citizenry in sparsely populated, under-educated, and under-developed communities worldwide, in lieu of print news; and video-enabled community volunteersRead… Read more »
Wow – there is a great new article on Ushahidi’s blog about an application I told you all about recently, which encourages crowdsourcing to stop Italian forest fires before they start. This has huge potential to increase community resilience and assist current firespotting efforts in a nonintrusive way. A lovely video by Elena Rapisardi, theRead… Read more »
When you’re part of an organizing committee for an event, you always breathe a sigh of relief when the day is complete and all the participants have gone home. That sense of calm you feel can be a bit misleading though, particularly when the purpose of the event is to establish direction and to figureRead… Read more »
Update (3/15/2010): I just found this simple little bookmarklet that makes it dead simple to download any YouTube video. Additionally, there’s another post here on GovLoop that links to what someone intends to be the definitive guide to YouTube with a lot of download options, software, and many other things.________________________________________I’m prefacing this post with theRead… Read more »
Since the IMO declared 2010 the Year of the Seafarer we thought we could expand on that campaign and put together an Amver video. Amver would not be a success without the work and dedication of mariners and rescue controllers. The other part of Amver are the survivors. All of these pieces make the AmverRead… Read more »
I shot a number of quick videos when I was out in Microsoft HQ last week. Here they are..hope you enjoy. Ressler vs Drapeau as we are about to enter the stage. Microsoft’s Kristin Bockius talking why she loves GovLoop. Talking with expert videographer David Patterson on how to quickly shoot video these days Favorite
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking 30 and 60 second video competition to raise awareness of the connection between the environment and the “stuff” people use, consume, recycle, and throw away. http://bit.ly/EPAVideo Cash prizes will be given to top adult and student entries. See over amazing entries posted as video responses to date onRead… Read more »
So … blogging. Wow. It’s been months. It’s not that I haven’t thought of stuff to write, but rather that I’ve been so busy at work that I’m too tired once I’m home. But today brought two fun things: being in a documentary about open government and then being mentioned on the Washington Post’s siteRead… Read more »
This is a crosspost of dotgov.com. Author: Glenda Watson Meet Karen Putz – a deaf mom of three deaf and hard of hearing teenagers. Her husband is also deaf. On top of being a busy mom, Karen is a sales manager for videophones and relay services for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.Read… Read more »
Even with my recent blog posts about the social media landscape, said landscape continues to morph at warp speed and we are seeing more and more videos everywhere; on business sites, news pages, personal websites, video hosting sites, mobile devices, social networks, blogs, cell phones, email and postings to video portals, and posting for clients.AsRead… Read more »